July 30, 2019 • Page 8 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Living Within Our Means Enhanced Fire Protection Service Is Essential For The Pine Ridge Reservation Founded in 1885, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SD Mines) is a public institution of higher learning in Rapid City, South Dakota. Through a USDA Rural Development Community Facility Technical Assistance and Training grant, SD Mines has partnered with Banner Associates, Inc. (formerly Louis Berger, Inc.) to provide technical assistance to the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST). With the funds, engineering and architectural assistance will be provided to assist the tribe in developing the framework for the establishment of an integrated emergency response system, with a special emphasis on structural fire protection, to serve the Pine Ridge Reservation. The federal funds of $146,124 are being used to provide travel, internships, and technical and professional advising and support in the development and planning for emergency services. More than one dozen SD Mines undergraduate and graduate students have been engaged in this project, through course credits and/or internships, and all have had the opportunities to work alongside OST tribal representatives and community members in the nine districts on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The students have utilized computerized maps to determine where to place new fire, police, and ambulance stations to improve EMS response times during emergency situations. Students have spent many hours calculating travel times, plotting current infrastructure like power and water lines to determine the optimal locations for new facilities. Along with data collection and analyses, the students are hosting charrettes in each of the districts in order to better understand each area’s needs for emergency services before conceptual designs for new emergency facilities are developed. By Gov. Kristi Noem South Dakotans value the dollar. We don’t spend money we don’t have. We live within our means. We understand the importance of the bottom line. The new emergency faciliWhether it’s a family-run tourist atties will ideally be substatraction in the Black Hills or a farm in the tions for housing ambuJames River Valley, small businesses and lance, fire, health and law families don’t get to spend money they enforcement, along with don’t have, and the government shouldn’t resources for emergency either. In my first address to the legislashelter capacity. ture as governor, I promised that fiscal This project exemplifies discipline would be the foundation of my a successful public-private governorship. Because fiscal discipline partnership and it will bencreates stability in the state. Fiscal stewefit the entire reservation ardship sets us up for success. as emergency response On June 30, we finished the fiscal year times are greatly reduced. with a $19.4 million surplus. This is good “This effort has the news. We were able to tuck that money potential to save lives and into our state reserves, further securing build a brighter future our investment into the future. together,” said Jennifer If you look at our financial report, Benning, Ph.D., an associyou’ll see that ongoing revenues finished ate professor of civil and lower than we projected. This is partially environmental engineering due to the tough ag economy and the who leads the project at extreme weather we experienced earlier SD Mines. “This project is this year. Folks just weren’t out spending particularly motivating for as much. Thankfully, we made some decistudents, because they are sions in advance that reduced our spendcommunicating with tribal ing, and even with the smaller revenue representatives and hearstream, we were able to stay in the black ing very real and personal and boost our state reserves. stories about the critical need for an improved emergency management system on Pine Ridge. The students are engaging in hands-on learning while making a real difference in these communities.” It’s also important to note the conversation surrounding online sales tax that we’ve been having for about a year now. It’s still early, but it is good we didn’t budget for any additional sales and use tax from online and remote sellers as this year’s overall sales tax numbers didn’t hit the projections. We’ll continue monitoring the data coming to see how the Wayfair decision and the tax changes impact our state’s bottom line. And we will continue living within our means. Earlier this year, I worked with the legislature to develop and enact a balanced budget for fiscal year 2020, which started July 1. In this budget, we provided a 10 percent funding increase for nursing homes providers and set aside $5 million to help us rethink the systems of care for our parents and grandparents. We increased teacher pay by 2.5 percent. We raised support for technical institutes. We invested in Ellsworth, bolstering our national defense. We designated substantial funds to confront our meth epidemic and internet shortage. We’re addressing critical needs, and we’re operating on a balanced budget – without raising taxes. I am committed to maintaining this legacy of fiscal responsibility. MV Shopper 665-5884 South Dakota Disaster Recovery Update $6.7 Million In Federal Funding Provided MV Shopper M I S S O U R I VA L L E Y In Print and Online! 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